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Tow Law Millennium Primary School pulls Hartlepool Nasir Mosque visit in response to parents’ terror attack fears
THE regional president of a worldwide Muslim group has spoken of his sadness after a County Durham school cancelled its mosque trip.
Parents from Tow Law Millennium Primary School pulled their children from the visit citing the reason as the recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London.
School staff were due to take pupils to Hartlepool’s Nasir Mosque next week.
Hartlepool’s Nasir Mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
He said: “We (the Ahmadiyya Muslims) believe in loyalty to the country we live in. We are not a belligerent people – we are open and welcome anyone who wants to come in and look around.”
Mr Atkinson said the school had visited before and 13,500 youngsters have been welcomed since its doors opened 12 years ago.
He added the mosque had received an email from the school yesterday (Thursday) stating they would fix another date for the visit but parents outside the school last night rejected the idea.
Fiona Nicol, whose three grandchildren attend the school, labelled the decision to scrap the trip as an “absolute disgrace” – adding she believed she was in “the minority”.
She said: “I think it’s an absolute insult to the mosque and Muslims to refuse to go because the assumption is that all Muslims are responsible for the hideous attacks.
“We didn’t blame Christians for the person who killed Jo Cox and we are not teaching children about tolerance and diversity.
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